Tens of thousands take to streets worldwide despite cancelled events, attacks on women. FMTNews Virus
PARIS: Tens of thousands took to the streets across the globe to mark International Women’s Day on Sunday despite many events in Asia being cancelled because of the coronavirus outbreak, and attacks on women at some events in Europe and Asia.
And in Kyrgyzstan, masked men attacked one rally in the capital Bishkek, tearing up placards carried by the participants, police arrested dozens of demonstrators.In Turkey, Istanbul police fired tear gas to stop hundreds of women marching on the city’s central avenue after the authorities banned the march for the second year running.Masked Kyrgyz nationalists attack women’s rights activists during in Bishkek.
Some women tweeted pictures of marchers left battered and bruised, prompting Europe Ecology-The Greens party secretary Julien Bayou to blast what he termed “absolutely unjustifiable police violence”. “Although we can’t be physically together, our minds for realising gender equality are stronger than ever,” the country’s gender equality minister Lee Jung-ok said in a video message.In Bangkok, protesters called for improved labour protections amid the epidemic that has infected dozens in Thailand, and greater rights under a military-aligned government.
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